Delivering Mission-Critical Software Faster
Automation is accelerating the software approval process
Delivering commercial-grade software to the federal government has long meant slogging through a slow, manual certification process that can demand up to 4,500 pages of documentation and take up to 18 months to complete.
As an investor and partner, Booz Allen is supporting Second Front‘s mission to reduce this timeline and accelerate government access to software and emerging tech. Second Front’s flagship platform, Game Warden, automates about 80% of the certification process, shortening the timeline to 90 days or less. It doesn’t just save time—it saves hundreds of thousands of dollars in labor costs while getting mission-critical software to agencies at the speed of need.
“One of the biggest barriers to bringing the best commercial software to government agencies is the need to protect classified networks. The government has to safeguard sensitive data in ways commercial companies never have to consider,” says Steve Escaravage, president of Booz Allen’s Defense Technology Group. “A partner like Second Front—someone with a foot in both worlds—removes a lot of that headache.”
Booz Allen’s partnership with Second Front reflects how we invest in early-stage tech companies to speed up the development of cutting-edge solutions and bring them into critical U.S. missions faster, more securely, and at scale.
Key Takeaways
Booz Allen and Second Front are cutting the federal government’s software approval process from up to 18 months to just 90 days or less.
Second Front’s flagship platform automates 80% of the certification process, reducing manual labor costs for federal agencies and commercial vendors alike.
The partnership is removing long-standing barriers that have slowed government adoption of commercial software and delivering faster outcomes.
If It Can Be Built, It Can Be Deployed
It’s all made possible by Game Warden. The platform provides a pre-authorized DevSecOps environment that already meets the government’s strict cybersecurity requirements. In 2025, Game Warden received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) Authority to Operate (ATO) at the High Impact Level—an achievement held by fewer than 1% of cloud service providers in the United States.
Game Warden is also authorized at Department of War (DoW) Impact Levels (IL) 2-6 and Top Secret to support mission-critical workloads. Together, these authorizations mean Game Warden can serve every authorization level across the federal government, spanning DoW, the Intelligence Community, and federal civilian agencies, under the most stringent security standards. As a result, applications deployed on Game Warden inherit these authorizations from day one, dramatically reducing time, cost, and risk on the path to production.
“This work with Booz Allen reflects how we partner across the ecosystem to modernize government software delivery,” says Tyler Sweatt, CEO of Second Front. “Our platform is built to support integrators, agencies, and commercial software companies alike—so the best technology can move into production faster, no matter who’s building it. With Booz Allen, we’re applying that model at scale to remove friction, cut timelines, and deliver real mission outcomes.”
Game Warden scans software for vulnerabilities, assembles the required body of evidence, and generates the documentation that officials need to issue an Authority to Operate (ATO). By taking on work that used to involve printing out code and filling out hundreds of forms by hand, the platform frees developers to focus on building products rather than navigating bureaucracy.
But the partnership goes well beyond solving one of the most arduous tasks commercial providers face today—it also gives federal agencies more confidence that the technology they need will make it across the finish line.
“A lot of companies build great tech that ends up stuck in the valley of death because it can’t operate on a government network,” says Jack Koch, a senior adviser in Booz Allen’s Defense Technology Group. “Game Warden solves this problem.”
Beyond surmounting the valley of death, the partnership also accelerates Booz Allen’s efforts to bring our technology to market. As our engineers build more software products, Game Warden will act as a force multiplier, cutting through red tape and getting the software into users' hands faster.
“We can offer a true package deal where the government can turn to us to build software across their domains with confidence that we can deliver fast,” Koch says. “Partnering with Second Front assures our customers that if we can build it, it can be deployed.”
Accelerating Innovation at the Edge
The collaboration is also shaping what’s next for secure software delivery, especially at the edge—remote environments with limited connectivity. Deploying software in such places poses unique challenges, particularly given the need for continuous cybersecurity monitoring.
Second Front’s Frontier offering solves that by enabling critical capabilities—like command-and-control tools, tactical routing software, and other edge-based systems—to operate securely even when disconnected from the cloud. That means Booz Allen can deploy more of its advanced technology solutions in the environments where they’re needed the most.
By pairing Booz Allen’s tech expertise with Second Front’s game-changing platforms, the partnership is removing long-standing barriers to government adoption of commercial software, delivering faster outcomes to federal clients, and setting the foundation for a more agile, product-focused future. In an era when speed, security, and adaptability define mission success, this collaboration offers a clear path to quickly getting the right technology into the field when and where it matters most.
